About Me

Love my family and my faith .. love being creative ... love the beach and sand between my toes ... love to read ... love where we live on the South Coast of New South Wales .... love exploring the great outdoors .... travel and tropical islands .....

Sunday, December 17, 2017

It has been pretty busy lately getting ready to finish off the working year in time to hopefully enjoy a bit of a relax over Christmas and New Year ..... but we did manage to sneak out for a beautiful meal with friends at one of our local special restaurants .... absolutely exquisite as these photos show ....

Everything was so beautifully presented and tastes delicious ....

It is of course Japanese .... and spectacular ....

These were just a few of the dishes ....

Despite the hectic schedule of late, I have still managed to spend Wednesdays with these little treasures ....

They were very excited to wish their mum and dad a Happy 5th Wedding Anniversary early in December too ....

They are looking forward to spending time at Christmas with their cousin Jonah who will be down from Sydney for a week or so with his mum and dad ....

I also received some beautiful flowers this week from a grateful staff member .... so very special ...

In between the busy times, the Christmas Tree has been collected from the Christmas Tree farm with the help of two little elves .... and decorated .... some of my favourite decorations ...

I received a beautiful stitched cushion in the mail from Sylvia .... it is just gorgeous .... we will have to catch up in the New Year I think .... I'm still stitching for her but don't tell her !!

The completed tree ....

And from me to you .... a very Merry Christmas and Happy Stitching always ....

Now that I have the blog working again ... there will be more pictures to come in the next few days ...

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

While we were away at Lake Crackenback, Maria was finishing off one of the beautiful Shepherd's Bush Christmas Stockings .... I have seen them for years and thought there was way too much work involved ..... but now I'm hooked ....

I have 3 little grandsons who would love these ..... so I'm working away on one at the moment .... I love stitching on the Floba fabric using DMC Perle cottons and a tapestry needle .... it's such a lovely past time .... creating memories for little family members .... and maybe when I finish this one and the next two .... I might start on their parents !!!

Such a treat to babysit Clay and Jed on Saturday when their mum and dad had a rare night out .... Clay is such a little thumb sucker ... cuddling up to Davey on the lounge .....

And we came home with a really cute photo of Jed which was taken at his Day Care which he attends once a week ....

Another nice photo from the weekend is of Andrea, Elliott and Jonah and their puppies out bushwalking ....

And finally .... Happy 1st Wedding Anniversary to Sam and Nadia for this past weekend .... how time flies !!

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Sylvia and I were included in a very special family weekend away recently with Judy and her daughters at Lake Crackenback .... there was a little stitching done .... lots of eating and lots of laughter too ..... so good for the soul .....

Breakfast in the restaurant was included in our accommodation and it was beautiful in the gorgeous restaurant overlooking the lake ....

Lake Crackenback is such a beautiful and very relaxing place to spend time .... this is looking back towards the coloured buildings on the other side of the lake ....

The stitching was accompanied by a few glasses of bubbles .... just every now and then .... this is actually looking out from our back deck ....

And the local fauna were keeping an eye on us too ... kangaroos and deer in the background ...

OK .... so not too much stitching got done .... but we did have a great weekend ... always good to spend time with girlfriends ....

And it bought back beautiful memories of our daughter's wedding there almost 2 years ago ... Chelsea and Kye (below) are about to celebrate their second wedding anniversary on December 5th ....

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

We enjoyed some family time with my Mum and 4 sisters recently when we all headed to Canberra to celebrate some birthdays and visit Floriade !!For some reason Blogger is not co-operating with me at all and I haven't been able to upload any photos to share ! Will persevere and get back to you shortly !!!!